Document #1311344
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The Regulations of the Organic Law of the
PGR (Reglamento de la ley orgánica de la PGR) published in
the PGR Internet Website state in article 38, Seventh Chapter
("Capítulo Séptimo: De las Direcciones Generales"),
that the Dirección General de Administración de
Bienes Asegurados is the branch of the PGR in charge of confiscated
money or goods (bienes) (20 May 1998). The article also
mentions that the General Director of this branch forms part of the
Consejo Técnico para la Supervisión y Control de la
Administración de los Bienes Asegurados (Technical Council
for the Supervision and Control of the Management of Confiscated
Goods). Article 40 of the same chapter mentions that the
Dirección General de Supervisión y Control of the PGR
supervises and assists in the disposal or control of confiscated
goods. Article 46 of the Regulations' Eighth Chapter
("Capítulo Octavo: De los Órganos Desconcentrados")
indicates that each state branch (Delegación) of
the PGR is headed by a Delegado who has, among his or her
responsibilities, the "coordination and supervision of activities
related to the provisional control, preservation and confiscation
of confiscated goods" (coordinar y supervisar las actividades
relativas al aseguramiento, preservación y control
provisional de los bienes asegurados).
A representative at the Communications
Directorate (Dirección de Comunicación Social) of the
Attorney General's Office (Procurador General de la
República, PGR) stated during a 28 June 1999 telephone
interview that the law governing the activities of the PGR was
modified in March 1999, placing the responsibility for confiscated
money and goods on another agency; therefore, control of money or
goods confiscated in relation to a crime is no longer a
responsibility of the PGR.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see below a
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
information request.
References
Procuraduría General de la
República (PGR), Dirección de Comunicación
Social, Mexico City. 28 June 1999. Telephone interview with Press
Officer.
_____. 20 May 1998. "Reglamento de la
ley orgánica de la PGR."[Internet] http://www.pgr.gob.mx/frames/framea.htm
[Accessed 12 April 1999]
Additional Sources Consulted
La Jornada [Mexico City].
Internet search engines. 1995-1999.
Latin American Newsletters: Mexico
& NAFTA Report [London]. 1996-1999.
Mexico NewsPak [Austin, Tex.].
1996-1999.
News from Human Rights
Watch/Americas [New York]. 1995-1999.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
Refworld, Global NewsBank, WNC, Internet.
Note: This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific
publications available at the Resource Centre are not listed.